Published January 1985
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Journal article
Star distribution in the Orion spiral arm
- 1. Shternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow
Description
The structure of the Orion spiral arm is studied by numerical experiments, assuming that in each direction considered the star distribution along the line of sight is a combination of two Gaussian laws. The corresponding parameters are evaluated for four Milky Way fields; the bimodal laws now fit the observations by the chi2 criterion. In the Orion arm the line-of-sight star densities follow asymmetric curves, steeper at the outer edge of the arm
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.)
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.).
- Journal Page Range
- 17-19
- ISSN
- 0038-5301
- CODEN
- SAAJA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17005081
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- GALACTIC EVOLUTION; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILKY WAY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STARS
- Descriptors DEC
- DISTRIBUTION; GALAXIES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).